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{{Infobox television episode
| season_article = Friends season 5
| episode_list = List of Friends episodes
| image        =
| caption      =
| series       = [[Friends]]
| season       = 5
| episode      = 1
| production   = 467651
| airdate      = {{Start date|1998|09|24}}
| writer       = Seth Kurland
| director     = [[Kevin S. Bright]]
| guests       = *[[Helen Baxendale]] as [[Emily Waltham]]
*[[Tom Conti]] as [[Stephen Waltham]]
*[[Peter Eyre]] as Registrar
*[[Elliott Gould]] as [[Jack Geller]]
*[[Christina Pickles]] as [[Judy Geller]]
*[[Jennifer Saunders]] as [[Andrea Waltham]]
| prev         = [[The One with Ross's Wedding]]
| next         = [[The One with All the Kissing]]}}
"'''The One After Ross Says Rachel'''" is the first episode of ''[[Friends]]''{{'}} [[Friends season 5|fifth season]], and the 98th episode overall. It first aired on [[NBC]] in the United States on September 24, 1998.
==Plot==
After [[Ross Geller|Ross]] accidentally says [[Rachel Green|Rachel]]'s name instead of [[Emily Waltham|Emily]]'s during their wedding vows, a livid Emily agrees to continue with the ceremony but locks herself in the bathroom at their wedding reception, refusing to accept Ross' continual apologies. When Rachel talks to Ross about what has happened they agree that his saying "Rachel" was just a mistake, and there are no underlying romantic feelings. After realizing that Emily has escaped out the bathroom window, Ross searches for her in vain before deciding to wait for her at their hotel room. Instead, Emily's parents come to collect her things, and Ross convinces [[Stephen Waltham|Mr Waltham]] ([[Tom Conti]]) to give Emily a message to meet him at the airport for their honeymoon.
Meanwhile, [[Monica Geller|Monica]] and [[Chandler Bing|Chandler]] are afraid their friendship may suffer following their night together before resolving to only continue a sexual relationship whilst in [[London]] for the wedding. However their efforts to have another sexual encounter are continually disrupted by others in the hotel and by [[Joey Tribbiani|Joey]] on the return flight to [[New York City]]. After reuniting with a heavily pregnant [[Phoebe Buffay|Phoebe]] in Monica and Rachel's apartment, Chandler and Monica are left alone and amicably discuss how meaningful their London night was to them, especially as Monica was going through a hard time, and admit they are attracted to one another. Despite their earlier agreement, they decide to continue sleeping together, justifying that they are still on "London time".
At the airport Rachel is still trying to get a flight back to New York, and runs into Ross who is still hoping that Emily will come and join him on their flight to [[Athens]] for their honeymoon. After Emily fails to show before the final boarding call Ross asks Rachel if she would like to come with him to Athens, since he does not want to be alone. She agrees, and the two are just about to board the plane when Ross notices Emily, who had just arrived. Emily, having seen Rachel board, leaves again and Ross tries to catch her in the airport, leaving Rachel on the flight to Athens by herself.
==Production==
[[Image:Helen Baxendale.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Helen Baxendale reprised her role as Emily Waltham in this episode.]]
"The One After Ross Says Rachel" was written by Seth Kurland and directed by series executive producer [[Kevin S. Bright]]. The episode originally aired in the United States on September 24, 1998, on [[NBC]] as the season premiere episode of the show's fifth season and the 98th overall episode of the series.
[[Helen Baxendale]] reprised her role as [[List of Friends characters|Emily Waltham]], while [[Tom Conti]] and [[Jennifer Saunders]] reprise guest appearances as her parents, [[List of Friends characters|Stephen and Andrea Waltham]]. [[Elliott Gould]] and [[Christina Pickles]] also appear as their recurring characters [[List of Friends characters|Jack and Judy Geller]]. Baxendale's role was originally intended to extend longer in the series, however due to her pregnancy she was written out by producers after deciding to leave the series to focus on her family.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
==Reception==
===Ratings===
In its original American broadcast, "The One After Ross Says Rachel" finished second in ratings for the week of September 21–27, 1998, according to Nielsen Media Research, with an overall 20.0 rating/33 share, equivalent to approximately 31.1 million viewing households.<ref name=Episode_Ratings>{{cite news|title=Week's TV ratings|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/WEEK-S-TV-RATINGS-2987901.php|accessdate=January 2, 2013|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=September 30, 1998|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924160126/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/WEEK-S-TV-RATINGS-2987901.php|archivedate=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name=Season_Five_Ratings>{{cite web|last=Ginsburg|first=Dan|title=Season Five|url=http://newmusicandmore.tripod.com/friendsratings05.html|publisher=Friends Nielsen Ratings Archive|accessdate=January 2, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913032448/http://newmusicandmore.tripod.com/friendsratings05.html|archivedate=September 13, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> It was the second-highest rated show on the NBC network that week after ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''.<ref name=Episode_Ratings/> Although these figures represented a slight decrease on the two-part fourth-season finale which attracted 31.6 million viewers, it was an increase in viewership in comparison with the fourth-season premiere figures of 29.4 million viewers,<ref name=Season_Four_Ratings>{{cite web|last=Ginsburg|first=Dan|title=Season Four|url=http://newmusicandmore.tripod.com/friendsratings04.html|publisher=Friends Nielsen Ratings Archive|accessdate=January 2, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913025012/http://newmusicandmore.tripod.com/friendsratings04.html|archivedate=September 13, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and was the highest rated episode of the fifth season.<ref name=Season_Five_Ratings/>
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==External links==
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